Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-05-18
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al new i il the river by Elder vii
liams, OF Zion Baptist church, (colored),
The baptizing was done in the shallow wa
ter OF the slip, between two wharves. Along
the edge of one Of the wharves ran g stout
wooden railing. Crowded againstthls rail
ing were between 80 and 100 white and col,
ored people, principally children under Is
years. Of age. Two thousand people ,occu.
pied the remaining part Of the wharves, and
in the river several hundred people were
viewing the ceremonies from skiffs. In the
n.idsta Of the baptizing the pressure against
and about1OO people were precipitated into
the river. In their descent they struck the
skifs and some OF these were overturned
and their, occupants thrown into the water:
A period of panic and excitement followed
and Is persons were drowned, mostly chill
dren. 49,,
On Maybe, at Holidays Cave, w.
| Va, Mrs. Elizabeth Baker and her mother,
Lusella McWha, we're found dead in the
house of the former. Their heads were
beaten by a cartpinn an ak was lying beside
them. Three hundred and fifty dollars be-
| longing to Mr.. Baker are missing. The
theory at first given was that the murder
was for robbery. Mr.. McWha had a few
days ago received several thousand dollars,
and he went to Pittsburg to deposit It. His
son-in-law, Mr.. Baker, also being absent
it is thought some one familiar with the sit
uation, but not knowing that the money
was gone, attempted robbery, and being
discovered and identified by the women,
killed them to conceal their crime. Mrs.
McWha was seventy years old and ne
daughter forty. Baker, the husband ha
been arrested. a
A fatal Tragedy took. place Sunday
morning, near Spring Station, Kentucky,
on the farm of Capt. JAS. Blackburn, ex-sec-
rotary OF, state, and father of Senator Joe
Blackburn. Miss Henrietta Blackburn, &C.
c%ompanied by her cousin, Henrietta Hemp
shoot at a mark with a small rifle. They
brother Of Miss henrietta Blackburn
and friendly contention
was begun as to who should
n a playfulstruggle for the possession Of a
rifle and in this struggle the weapon was
discharged, the ball piercing tho heart of
Miss Hampstead, killing her instantly.
At Chicago, Friday night, all build
ing operations under the control of con-
tractors who are members Of the Master
Masons' and Builders Association wero
shut down so far as the bricklayers and
stone masOns are concerned. 1t is estl-
mated that fully 10000 workmen are now
idle in the building trades of the city, as the
results of the strikes or the lockout. The
| general shut down ~inaugurated is the out
growth of a series of strikes in the building
trades, and is in the nature of an attempt
by the employers to force a battle with the
workmen and secure a lasting peace during
the season.
The government of Mexico has re-
ceived information of the effects of the re-
cent earthquake at Bahispe, Sonora, by
which $50 people lost their lives. The earth
quake occurred al 8 p. m. At the same
time the volcanic eruptions began in neigh
boring MOUNTAINS, lighting up the submits
there by local scientists that Mexico is
about to undergo q general seismic convul.
sion, and recent records of earthquake
shocks show them there is widespread vol
canic activity from one end Of Mexico to
the other
Fruit growers in the vicinity of Gen.
tralia, ILL.,, are very respondent over what
promises to be the destruction by midgets
ofnearly the balance of the strawberry crop.
None of the growers had any previous
knowledge of this midget or it's capacities
for depreciation. The growers, after exam
lining the extent of the damage done, esti-
mate it at from so to IS per cent. The
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! upon apple trees in a large number of Or
chards: Apples and cherries will not yield
over half a crop.
/ The oldest man in Stephenson county,
if not in Illinois, died May 10th at his home
in Oneco township Had he lived until
July 20, Mr.. Smith would have been 102
years old. He was born in Guilford county.
N. c., in 1885. In 1915 he moved Highland
county, Ohio, and from there came to Ill
inois in 1916. and has resided there ever
since. He cast his first presidential vote
for James Madison and his last for Grover
! Cleveland. he never rod On a railroad
train, and never ate q meal in hotel.
At Lebanon, N. H., May 10, the
most destructive fire that Northern New
Hampshire has ever known occurred. 1t
broke. out in Mead, Mason & Co.'s furni-
ture factory. The adjoining buildings, also
occupied by Mead, Mason Il Co., built of
wood, and filed with inflamable matter,
were soon destroyed. The fire worked
s soct;on: yI SgrIH assg e. %s syS5: yt6i Nth in ;n that ai5
Of $4,000.
The grand jury investigating the
killing of DR.. Northrup, at Haverhill, Ohio
by the McCoys of that place have indicted
four Of the McCoys for murder in the first
degree. The shooting is said to have grown
out of the whisky selling case, in which Dr.
Northrup appeared as one of the prosecu'
ting witnesses, and for doing which, the
HaVerhill people say, the McCoys swore
vengeance on him.
The trials of the Pan Handle freight
train men at Pittsburg, Pa, are bearing
swift fruit. On Tuesday the jury in the
case Of w. T.. Lavelle, tho Panhandle roaG
brakeman. on trial for robbing freight cars
returned a verdict OF guilty. J.. c. Dunlap
another of the alleged thieves, was ther
called up for trial, end pleaded guilty. Tht
trial Of John Haggerty was begun,
A cyclone swept. over Blue Springs
Gage County, Nebraska, Friday. All tell
graph wires are down, and only meagr'
particulars at hand. Several houses wer,
[eveled, and O church unroofed. One man
at least, wa fatally injured, and a woma
was struck by lightning and instantly
killed. -N-, =. ar- .~.
The supreme council Of tho Catholi'
knights Of America concluded it's biennia
session in Chicago. John D.. Coleman. 9
New Orleans, was elected suprem
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